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(Application filed. Dec. 4, 1897.)

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ADELIA AMANDA GARDNER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,199, dated October11, 1898.

Application filed Dece ber 4,1897. Serial No. 660,805- (No model.)

To ztZZ whom it map concern.

Be it known that I, ADELIA AMANDA GAR NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrapery- Supports, of which the following'is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to supports for window-curtains and otherdraperies, and has for its object the production of an article of theabovedescribed class that will be efficient as a drapery-support withoutthe necessity for the use of pins, clasps, or other similardevices,which are apt to tear or m utilate the draperies.

A further object of the invent-ion is to provide a support which willmaintain draperies in such a manner as will add materially to theartistic appearance of the same and permit such a draping of an ordinarycurtain or portiere as will extend entirely across the window or doorapertures.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafterset forth and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claimshereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a View of a window or door frame with myimproved drapery-support in the proper relation thereto, said supportand said frame being shown partly in section. Fig. 2 is a section on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a view of the device adapted to retainmy improved support in position.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings is shown at a the frame of a window or door the uprightsof which are respectively provided with a plate I), rigidly attachedthereto by any suitable means. This plate I) is provided with a circularflange (1,:

open atthe bottom and provided with a resilient flaring projection f oneach side of opening in said circular flange.

The circular flanges d are adapted to receive the ends of thecylindrical pole g, which comprises two independent rods g 9 adapted totelescope one within the other by means of a hollow section in one ofthem, as 9 To maintain the rods g g in the proper relation, I

provide a plurality of spiral springs h h2 713, seated in the opening inthe rod 9 and exerting a constant pressure upon the rod g thus holdingthe same in contact with the plate I). The number of these springs maybeincreased or diminished, according to the desired length of thecurtain-pole, each of said springs being provided with a head adapted toact against the inner end of the rod 9 and on the spring adjacentthereto. The rod g is tubular in form at its outer end and provided witha short bolt 7a, which is mounted therein and may be spring-operated, ifdesired, a spring being shown in Fig. 1, and said bolt is provided witha downwardly-directed pin, by which it may be operated, said pin beingproj ected through a slot in the bottom of the auxiliary tubular pole m,hereinafter described.

Encompassing the pole g is an auxiliary tubular rod m, substantiallycrescent-shaped in cross-section and open at the bottom. This auxiliaryrod is maintained in the proper re lation to said pole and to a windowor door frame by means of the resilient projection f, attached to theplate h, which also supports said pole. The rod we may be ornamented toany desired extent and may be provided at the ends with metallic bands,if desired, to prevent an undue wear and resulting unsightliness byreason of its constant contact with the resilient projection whichretains it in position.

The draperies are secured to my support, and said support is adjusted tothe window or door frame in the following manner: A loop is formed inthe upper end of the draperies sufficiently large to receive the pole g,and said loop is made permanent by tacking or stitching the lower end ofthe turned portion to the body of the same. The pole g is then insertedin the loop in said draperies, and

the curtain-pole, consisting of the rods 9 and g with the curtain ordrapery thereon, is passed through the auxiliary pole m, the draperiesor curtains passing through the slot in the bottom thereof from oneextremity to the other, and said parts may then be connected with theend plates 12 in the usual or any desired manner. In this operation oneof said plates is usually secured to the side of the window-frame, andthe poles are placed in position therein, and the other plate is thenconnected with the free end of the poles, which are moved into positionbetween the sides of the frame and the end plate then secured thereto.

As aforesaid, the construction of my improved support for draperies issuch as will admit of the draping of the curtains or portieres from oneside of the window-frame to the other, care being necessary, however, tohave the lower portion of the draperies of sufficient dimension to passbetween the projecting ends of the flanges d.

By the above-described means it will be readily observed that theobjects of my invention are attained. Ihave produceda curtain pole whichin appearance is artistic, which has no ungainliness, such as isoccasioned by the necessity for the use of pins, and which will permit adraping of the curtain or portiere to the very door or window frame. Ihave also produced a support which can be readily mounted and taken downand which is simple inconstruction and arrangement of parts andinexpensive to manufacture.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A curtain support or holder comprising twotelescopic rods, springs mounted in one of said rods and adapted to bearon the end of the other, one of said rods being also tubular in form atits other end and provided with a spring-operated bolt and side plateswhich are adapted to be secured to awindow-frame or other support andwhich are provided with circular flanges or holders adapted to receivethe ends of said pole, said flanges or holders being open at their underside and provided with outwardly and upwardly curved arms, and anauxiliary pole which is tubular in form and provided with a longitudinalslot in the bottom thereof and through which the first-named pole orsupport is adapted to be inserted, said auxiliary pole being supportedat its end by said outwardly and upwardly curved arms, substantially asdescribed.

2. A support for window-curtains or other draperies, comprising two endplates which are adapted to be secured to the sides of a window-frame orother support, said plates being provided with circular flanges orholders which are open at their lower sides and provided with lateralprojections, a tubular pole which is provided in its lower side with alongitudinal slot and the ends of which are adapted to be supported bysaid projections, and a curtain-pole consisting of two telescopic rodsone of which is provided with springs which bear upon the end of theother, and the outer ends of said rods being adapted to enter thecircularfianges or holder of the said plate, and the outer end of one ofsaid rods being provided with a spring-operated bolt, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of October,1897.

ADELIA AMANDA GARDNER.

Witnesses:

M. ALICE SWEET, ROBERT L. WARD.

